Float with signal lamp



Oct. 11, 1933. s, GQERTZEN I 2,132,510

FLOAT WITH SIGNAL LAMP Filed March 17, 1937 INVENTOR. ML LIA/{7 J1 GUERZE/v I BY a;

ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 11, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to a float with. signal lamp.

The object of my invention is to provide a float adaptable to night fishing and having an electric lamp battery and switch connected therewith, also a line upon which the float will slideably engage to set a fish hook carried by the line at a desired depth in stream or other body of water, and means to actuate the switch by a pull or jerk upon the hook whereby the lamp is illuminated.

A further object of my invention is to provide a float so that its body and parts connected may be die-cast.

A still further object of my. invention is to provide a hollow float body having a seat for each end of a battery positioned in the float, one seat removable to exchange a dead battery for a live one and the other seat to carry an electric lamp.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a float having a shell and parts connected thereto made from metallic substance and die-cast the same.

These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification, and in which like characters will apply to like parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the float, partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the float.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the lamp socket and battery seat, showing the switch and 85 portion of the float shell.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side View of the line attaching means at the top of the float.

Fig-5 is a sectional view of Fig. 4, on the diametrical axis thereof.

The invention herein disclosed consists of a float having a hollow body l, preferably die-cast in the manufacture thereof, although the said body may be of sheet metal spun to a desired form, in case the latter material is used the shell will be in two parts and joined on the center zone, but not shown in the present drawing.

Diametrically aligned and oppositely positioned the outer end of which is concaved as at A, and being lined partially with a metallic reflector 5, the latter being apertured axial with the threaded bore of the said socket and adapted to engage snugly with the stem B of lamp 6, the said stem threadedly engaging and extending through the socket element to contact with the battery and adjacent thereto.

Extending upward and connected to the said reflector is a tongue 1, against the end of which 10 will engage a spring tensioned arm 8 that is carried by a bridge 9, the ends of which are removably secured to the outer extending end of said sleeve 2, through one side of the bridge is a slot C, through which extends the arm 8 that is free to move reciprocatingly therein to and from contact with the end of said tongue 1, to make and break the electric circuit between the battery and lamp, the outer end of arm 8 has a clamp l0, arranged by bending the end portion 20 thereof back on itself and in which line I I will engage to move the arm downward responsive to a pull or jerk on a fish hook, carried by a downwardly extending portion of the line from the float, the hook not shown, and to permit such movement of the arm the line will be slack above the clamp as at E and retained in such position by tension of the coil spring F, integral with the said arm and the said spring being strong enough to carry the line and hook therebelow and the float is carried by the line frictionally engaging in the aperture I2 of an elastic plug l3, secured within an annular ring 14, integrally joined to the top center portion of the said bridge.

One the lower side of the said float body is a flange l5 integrally joined, externally threaded and through which the battery will pass when installing the same in the float, and being retained by a threaded cap it engaging on the flange fluidtight through the medium of a gasket IS, the said battery rests on a helical spring I! carried by the cap, by which means the battery and lamp neck are secured in contact.

Positioned axially on the said cap I6 is an eye l8, positioned in a member l9, and through which line II will slideably engage when the switch arm is being actuated.

To insure fluidtight engagement of the lamp in its socket, there is placed between said lamp and reflector a rubber washer 20, snugly engaging as the lamp is screwed in the socket.

It is now clearly shown that the bite or jerk of a fish while fishing in the dark is readily observed and furthermore the said float will function in the light with or without its illuminating capacity and such modification may be employed as lie'within the scope of the appending claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a float with a signal lamp, of the class described, comprising a hollow body, a sleeve inserted through the shell of the body, one end of the sleeve extending outward and having a removable bridge secured thereto, a flexible apertured plug and means to carry the same on the bridge, the body having a flange outwardly extending and threaded externally, the flange being axially aligned with the sleeve, a threaded cap to engage on the flange, a coil spring positioned in the cap, an element on the cap having an aperture therethrough, a lamp socket positioned in the sleeve and being spaced from the inner end thereof, a battery positioned in the body, one end of the battery being carried by the inner end of the sleeve, the other end positioned within the flange and resting upon the spring, an electric lamp having a stem extending through the socket and in contact with the battery carried by the sleeve, a spring tensioned arm secured to the bridge, and means connected to the lamp stem upon which the arm will engage when moved thereto, thereby closing the electric circuit.

2. In a float with a signal lamp, of the class described, comprising a hollow body having a flanged opening communicating with the interior of the body, the flange being externally threaded, a threaded cap to engage on the flange as fluidtight sealing means therefor, the said cap having an apertured extension and a line to loosely engage in the aperture, a sleeve positioned in the shell of the hollow body and axially aligned with the flanged opening, a socket element secured in the sleeve and spaced from the inner end thereof,

the outer end of said socket having a concavity and being axially bored, the bore being threaded, a concavo-convex element centrally bored and seated in the concavity, a tongue secured to said concavo-convex element and positioned in parallelism with the axis of said socket member and extending outward therefrom, a slotted bridge secured to the outer end of the sleeve and extending across the end thereof, and a spring tensioned arm secured to the bridge and adapted to extend through the slot and having a clamp on the outer end of the arm to engage the line rigidly, an elastic plug and means to carry the same on the outer side of the bridge, by which means the line is slack between said plug and clamp, a battery having one end positioned in the inner end of the sleeve, the other end positioned in the flanged opening, a helical spring seated in said -cap as tensioning means for the battery toward the sleeve, an electric lamp having a threaded stem to engage through the bore of the socket in contact with the battery, all as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a float with signal lamp, a hollow body, a sleeve partially extending into the body and a bridge positioned on the outer end of the sleeve, a lamp socket positioned in the sleeve and a reflector carried by the socket, a battery positioned in said body, one end of the battery being supported by the inner end of the sleeve, means on the body to carry the other end, an electric lamp secured in the socket and in contact with the battery, switch means, one side of which is carried by the deflector and the other side of which is carried by bridge to make and break the electric current between the battery and lamp, and a line carried by the float as actuating means for the said switch means.

WILLIAM S. GOERTZEN. 

